Insanity [[electronic resource] ] : murder, madness, and the law / / Charles Patrick Ewing

• Autore: Ewing Charles Patrick <1949->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Disciplina: 345.73/04
• Soggetto topico: Insanity (Law) - United States; Insanity defense - United States; Mentally ill - Commitment and detention - United States; Malalties mentals; Alienació mental (Dret); Defensa penal; Internament de malalts mentals; Detenció de persones
• Soggetto geografico: Estats Units d'Amèrica
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1. JACOB RUBENSTEIN; 2. ROBERT TORSNEY; 3. DAVID BERKOWITZ; 4. JOHN WAYNE GACY, JR; 5. ARTHUR SHAWCROSS; 6. SCOTT PANETTI; 7. ERIC SMITH; 8. ANDREW GOLDSTEIN; 9. ERIC MICHAEL CLARK; 10. ANDREA YATES; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: The insanity defense is one of the oldest fixtures of the Anglo-American legal tradition. Though it is available to people charged with virtually any crime, and is often employed without controversy, homicide defendants who raise the insanity defense are often viewed by the public and even the legal system as trying to get away with murder. Often it seems that legal result of an insanity defense is unpredictable, and is determined not by the defendants mental state, but by their lawyers and psychologists influence. From the thousands of murder cases in which defendants have claimed insanity,
• Titolo autorizzato: Insanity
• ISBN: 1-281-34242-4; 9786611342425; 0-19-804369-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792243603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II